Video: Mark Cuban Says “We All Have Our Prejudices And Bigotries”

If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it’s late at night, I’m walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there’s a guy that has tattoos all over his face–white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere–I’m walking back to the other side of the street,” he says.

“I know that I’m not perfect,” he adds. “While we all have our prejudices and bigotries, we have to learn that it’s an issue that we have to control, that it’s part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road.”
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While some people might see Mark Cuban’s quote about a black kid in a hoodie and react, they need to pay attention to the full interview. Mark Cuban is just being honest, we do in fact all have our own prejudices and bigotries. I don’t consider Mark Cuban racist for that comment, in some situations even a black person would cross the street under those circumstances. But it isn’t that simple, it more than just seeing a black person in a hoodie.

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So no problem with asains in hoodies? Wtf is up with this hoodie bs and white folks. Should we stop wearing hoodies so that well off white people of america can be more comfortable? Maybe we hoodies because theyre comforting for us since everywhere we go were being judged as a potential criminal.

By: yuuuuup!

05.22.2014 @ 12:32 PM

^ #Factsonly @Gm, have this W brotha

By: yuuuuup!

05.22.2014 @ 12:32 PM

NIgel, ur softer then a lacrosse team boy

By: Eazy

05.22.2014 @ 12:51 PM

Funny when white people are scared of black people in hoodies and the KKK are the pioneers of the hoodie movement

IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE, WHITE BLACK GREEN YELLOW BLUE WHATEVER, IF SOMEONE IS WALKIN DOWN THE STREET AT NIGHT WITH THEIR HOODIE UP ITS SKETCHY AND IM CROSSIN THE STREET, CUBAN SPITTIN REAL TALK

By: Likeabite

05.22.2014 @ 6:52 PM

He also went on to say if you see a tatted up white guy with no shirt on in the middle of the night, you’re crossing the street too. As long as they’re strangers, you assume the worst, so what’s how’s that racist? I agree with you Nigel

nothing racist about this at all .. black people need to stop playing the victim role … that card expired a long time ago . it makes me laugh when i hear “rich white people” . Are they suppose to give all their money away and feel guilty for being successful ? nobody is stopping you from going to school, getting a degree and busting your ass to be successful, that was your choice. Everyone is responsible for themselves, blaming other people for your lack of success is pathetic and a cop out

By: Lets B Real

05.22.2014 @ 11:09 PM

Honestly, most people who read your site have very low self-esteems and an even lower IQ so they are completely disconnected from anything thats taking place around them such as racism. You know this yourself. The crap that you post here is not to better those who are reading but to perpetuate the filth and ignorance. So racism doesnt matter to them, they just want to get high and dance. Educate and enlighten your readers “for real for real” or shut the hell up and keep us bobbing our heads. You have a responsibility and your old enough to know that.

Here’s the thing with Mark’s statements: the hoodie comment will automatically bring back thoughts to Trayvon Martin, so I would say bad example choice there. However, his statements are absolutely true. Some may not walk across the street in those circumstances, but cautious thoughts will go through one’s head about their safety in that situation regardless of race. I would only disagree with Mark in that I believe we all have some type of stereotypical beliefs about another race/culture/sex, but not all of us have bigotry beliefs per say.